Community Forest Rights saving India's Biodiversity

54-year-old Sarawan Tulsi Ram Wadankar returns home in the evening. His wife pours cow dung into their biogas plant which meets their cooking gas requirements.

A gram panchayat meeting in progress. Villagers plan their day's action and roles in forest management including cleaning the area, patrolling, marking the trees and enlisting them in the panchayat records roster.